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Summary: A biography of Michelle Obama, the first African American First Lady of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAHayes, Michael
Summary: In 2018, reporter Michael Hayes uncovered a major story about how the NYPD was not only turning a blind eye to police misconduct, but also allowing hundreds of officers with severe misconduct charges to remain on the force. In the aftermath of that story, then-Mayor Bill de Blasio attempted to reform the department only to abandon his plans. While de Blasio may have suffered a political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kingston Imperial 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1323 HAYHartfield, Claire
Summary: "Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.8 HARCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 305.8 HARSteinberg, Ellen FitzSimmons
Contents: Preserving the heritage -- Leavened breads and cakes -- Traditions and innovations -- Dainty dishes -- Of cooking and medicinal foods.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 394.12 STEHaney, Paula.
Summary: "A guide to making pie from the founder of Chicago's nationally celebrated Hoosier Mama Pie Company. Includes recipes, tips, pie history, and illustrations"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59772 HANMundy, Liza
Summary: Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait of the most dynamic couple in politics today: Michelle, the highly organized, sometimes intimidating, list-making pragmatist; and Barack, the introspective political charmer who shoots for the stars. Michelle's story carries all the achievements and lingering pain of the post-civil rights era. She grew up on the south...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OBAMA, MICHELLE MunCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: B Obama MunStine, Megan.
Summary: Presents the life and accomplishments of the First Lady of the United States, from her childhood in Chicago and her career as a lawyer to her marriage to Barack Obama and her initiatives in the White House.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET OBAMATaylor-Butler, Christine
Summary: As the first African American first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has had a big role to fill. Readers will follow Obamas journey from her childhood in Chicago to her work as a lawyer and her achievements in the White House. They will also learn how she helped with her husbands political career and helped him win presidential elections in 2008 and 2012.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 OBAColbert, David.
Summary: In just a few generations, Michelle Obama's family has blazed a path from a slave cabin to the White House. She's now writing a new chapter in history as a fresh kind of first lady, old-fashioned in many ways, yet so genuine and natural that she constantly surprises and inspires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2009
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JB Obama ColMundy, Liza
Summary: She can be funny and sharp-tongued, warm and blunt, empathic and demanding. Who is the woman Barack Obama calls "the boss"? Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints an intimate portrait, taking us inside the marriage of the most dynamic couple in politics today. Drawing on interviews with more than one hundred people, including one with Michelle, Mundy captures the complexity of this remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 OBAMiniter, Richard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Regnery Pub. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.929 MINJobb, Dean
Summary: "It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties ... Enter a slick, smooth-talking, charismatic lawyer named Leo Koretz, who enticed hundreds of people ... to invest as much as $30 million--upwards of $400 million today--in phantom timberland and nonexistent oil wells in Panama ... When Leo's scheme finally collapsed in 1923,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KORETZ, LEO ROBJobb, Dean
Summary: It was a time of unregulated madness. And nowhere was it madder than in Chicago at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties. As Model Ts rumbled down Michigan Avenue, gang war shootings announced Al Capone's rise to underworld domination. Bedecked partygoers thronged to the Drake Hotel's opulent banquet rooms, corrupt politicians held court in thriving speakeasies, and the frenzy of stock market...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.6 JobbDyja, Tom.
Summary: Much of what defined the nation as it grew into a superpower was produced in Chicago. Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to coast journey included a stop there, and this flow of people and commodities made it America's central clearinghouse, laboratory, and factory. And even as Chicago led the way in creating mass-market culture, its artists pushed back in their own distinct...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.311 DYJLekas, Gerry
Summary: "This isn't your average travel book--and these aren't your average tourist destinations! Take a wild ride through hidden Windy City history--often dark, sometimes inexplicable, and occasionally glamorous. Meet the gangsters, ghosts, serial killers and celebrities that only Chicago could produce. This journey into eclectic Chicago lore includes: 19 spine-tingling creepy sites (Resurrection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lyon Publishing, LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.311 LEKHazelgrove, William Elliott
Summary: "William Elliot Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed the Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own game, ending the gangster era as Prohibition was repealed. He also details the story of an intriguing woman, Sally Rand, who embodied the ideals of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977 HAZBerg, Scott W.
Summary: "In the fall of 1871, Chicagoans knew they were due for the "big one" -- a massive, uncontrollable fire that would decimate the city. It had been bone-dry for months, and a recent string of blazes had nearly outstripped the fire department's already scant resources. Then, on October 8, a minor fire broke out in the barn of Irishwoman Kate Leary. A series of unfortunate mishaps and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.3 BERLarson, Erik
Summary: Tells the parallel stories of Daniel Burnham, the main architect of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and serial killer Henry H. Holmes, discussing the challenges Burnham faced in creating the hugely successful White City, and looking at how Holmes used the opportunities afforded by the fair to lure victims to their deaths.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press (Gale, Cengage Learning) 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 364.152 LARChertoff, Michael
Summary: "Chertoff [posits] that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be ... overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data--more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop--should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 343 CHESummary: Fodor's Chicago is the perfect companion for a trip to this quintessential American city. With colorful features and the most updated information, Fodor's Chicago gets straight to the best of what this city has to offer, everything from art to architecture, to shopping, baseball, jazz, and the very best deep-dish pizza. In-depth coverage also includes top reasons to visit the culturally and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fodor's Travel, a division of MH Sub I, LLC, dba Internet Brands 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.73 FODBrandt, Nat.
Contents: Warning signs -- "Absolutely fireproof" -- Play and players -- Opening night -- 3:15 p.m., Wednesday, December 30, 1903 -- In the Parquet and Boxes -- In the Dress Circle and Gallery -- The rescuers -- The news spreads rapidly -- Morgue scenes -- In mourning -- A state of shock -- Safety last -- Finger pointing -- Blind justice -- Curtains -- Ashes and Embers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Southern Illinois University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.3 BRARaymond, Edwin
Summary: "From the highest-ranking whistleblower in the history of the NYPD, a political memoir that exposes the brokenness of policing from both outside and inside the system During the workday, Edwin Raymond is on the beat as a ranked lieutenant in the New York Police Department. When the uniform comes off, he takes on a very different role: the lead plaintiff in the largest-ever civil rights lawsuit...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 RAYMOND, EDWIN RAYNelson, David
Summary: "As investigators brought out the bagged remains of several dozen young men from a small Chicago ranch home and paraded them in front of a crowd of TV reporters and spectators, attention quickly turned to the owner of the house. John Gacy was an upstanding citizen, active in local politics and charities, famous for his themed parties and appearances as Pogo the Clown. But in the winter of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press Incorporated 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 NELCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Crime Mur NelsonCowan, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Claremont Press 2001